This is a cool book. Especially with Tony Daniels on pencils. Well . . cool except for the part about Bart dying. Following Inertia's orders, the Rogues have built the machine to take away the Flash's powers. Actually, it's breaking his connection to the Speed-force. But what Inertia's real plans, are after he steals the Speed-force from Flash, he wants to give it to himself. Unfortunately for him though, when the machine activates it also steals his powers. Originally Bart thinks for sure that he is going to die, because he can see the Black Flash. It's some kind of spiritual thing that only happens when a Flash is about to die. But then he realizes that it could also be here for Inertia. So he gets his hopes back. While he's fighting the Rogues, his Grandmother and Valerie are in the machine trying to discharge the power, so that when it does go, it won't take half of California with it. Unfortunately that also means that Flash won't be able to use it to get his own powers back. But Inertia won't be able to get them either. By the time Inertia realizes what Bart is doing, he's lead them quite a distance from the machine. So in the race to get back there, the Rogues shoot everything they have at Bart. Freeze, heat, and lightning. Which is just to much for Bart to take. And that's what ends up killing him. In the final pages, we see the reaction to the events when some of his closest friends find out. Very sobering ending. Next issue is All-Flash #1. So I guess that is going to be the transition story between Bart leaving us, and Wally coming back. And after that the Flash title picks up with the regular numbering of #321. I think. Fantastic story by Marc Guggenheim. Very emotional. And of course the pages are graced with the phenomenal work of Tony Daniel. My only complaint is that it really was a sad book. We'll miss you Bart.
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